Cycling : Tannus - puncture free tires (anyone used them?)

[Aridane]

Now have my 2nd puncture in as many weeks.

Went to check the opening times of a local bike repair shop and saw they can supply and fit non puncture Tannus tires (which I’d never heard of before.

These are tires in question the bike shop refers to - www.nipnip.co.uk/tannus-fav#cost -

and here is Tannus’s website - tannus-tyres.shop/

Was wondering if any (non professional ‘regular’) cyclists here are using these tires - and, if so, how you found them? - eg did they ‘feel’ different and do you think the spend (c. £100) was worth it?

Many thanks!

Anyone?

interested as i've never heard of these and have a very glassy commute, for want of a better word. I'm currently using Bontragers all weather ( I think) and they're pretty puncture-resistant until they have a fair bit of wear on them. My conti gp 4000 on my other bike have never had a puncture in about 3000k - scrabbles about for a bit of wood - but I don't use that bike in the town very much.

lawsie.blogspot.com/2019/09/tannus-solid-tyres-honest-review.html anyway they seem to get decent reviews here

Thanks for the link.

I’m going to the bike repair shop tomorrow for my puncture and will ask about the Tannus tires then.

I have puncture free tyres in my bike - ironically I got a puncture within the first couple of week. It was though after cycling along a lane where the hedgerow had been cut back.
This would have been 2016/7 and I’ve done a good 13000 miles since mostly on that bike and no punctures since

I find the tyres don’t fit the mudguards so well but that’s partly the bike

I’d have them again

My dad brought mine on line and got bike shop to fit

Worth searching on line

www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-marathon-plus-smartguard-rigid-road-tyre/

Mine are more this type of tyre and I am pretty meticulous using the track pump each week to inflate tyres to correct Pressure

These sound really good. What I need is car tyres that can't puncture!

I came on to recommend marathon plus but I can see ivykaty beat me to it

@ivykaty44 - what is the ‘track pump’?

I've wondered similar, as constantly getting punctures is one thing that puts me off cycling (I live near pubs and there is always glass on the paths).

Several bikes advertise 'puncture resistant' tyres, like Continental Contact Speed, or Kenda Kwick Journey or names like that, and I wondered whether they would be good enough, but when I asked at a bike shop, they only seemed to recommend or have heard of the Marathon Plus ones. Whether those are the only good ones or not, or just that they are known for it, I don't know! I'd be interested to know if the others that have a puncture resistant layer are actually any good too.

I hadn't heard of the Tannus ones, which sound interesting - not inflated at all?! So you wouldn't need to pump them up regularly, which sounds like a bonus to me for sure. (I don't cycle that often, and so always have to do the tyres before I go ou).

You need Schwalbe Marathon Plus or Continental Gatorskins. Cycled for years in London (broken glass on streets) and never had a problem.

So the non Tannus ones - are they solid or do you still have to pump them up?

I have Gatorskins on the bike I usually commute on, plus slime in the inner tubes. They aren't a fast combination but I'm not a fast cyclist so I don't think an extra 50g here and there really matters! I don't mind changing a tube if I am out riding for fun, but its a pain in the backside if I have to do it on the way to work and end up being late. That combination works well for me. Can't remember the last time I needed to change a tube on that bike.
Those tannus tyres sound interesting in theory. I'm just a bit sceptical as there have been so many "miracle" tyres over the years and yet the vast majority of us still use inner tubes for day to day cycling. Plus they are quite a lot of money, and from reading the reviews actually fitting them sounds tricky.

Actually yes Schwalbe Marathon - I had them on an old bike that got nicked and they were really good. That was in a country where you get massive thorns on the roadside and they withstood most of them, I was getting a puncture every day before that.

Yes you need to pump up the tyres, I ride every day and it's just something I check in the same way as I check my backpack is zipped up!

Sorry if this sounds cheeky OP but do you get your punctures fixed in a bike shop?

www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-essential-track-pump/ this is the track pump I use. It's a doddle to sort your pressure out.

I've got something like this www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-pioneer-mini-pump-1/ to carry with me when I ride. It takes ages and effort (ugh!) to inflate a tyre but it is a piddly little thing so very portable and does the job in an emergency.

@Aridane

www.tredz.co.uk/.XLC-Delta-Track-Pump-With-Gauge-PU-S04-_126151.htm?sku=496095&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgNbj1Z-76QIVU4BQBh0lqgnpEAQYBSABEgLMO_D_BwE

best pumps for me to use, Its easy to latch the lead on and pop feet on tray either side and pump like you would an old water pump.
Id certainly recommend this type, if you keep your tyres at the correct pressure (there is a gauge to tell you when you've got to the correct pressure) they last longer

Ah - thank you - wasn’t familiar with the term ‘track pump’. I do have one, males pumping up tires a doddle (though mine has the embarrassing brand name of Blow Joe)

I've had Schwalbe Marathons for 15 years, no punctures. They take about 6000 miles to wear out IIRC.

Yup, you still pump up the non solid ones. I do it once a week or so if I’m commuting every day. There are faster road tyres out there but you lose a lot of speed stopping to change a bloody puncture and I’m not exactly riding the Tour de France.

I do carry an on the road flat tyre kit - a pair of latex gloves to stop my hands getting grubby, tyre levers and a complete spare inner tube, so you can just change the tube and worry about patching the tube when I get home.

Th mi finish Genentech ha she etc day

Sorry- not quite sure what happened there

Marathon Plus tyres are excellent for commuting; in my experience pretty much bombproof.
Get a track pump with a gauge and then it's really easy to keep them pumped up.

I have Gatorskin Hardshell tyres on my bike which is used for cycling and commuting on very glassy city roads. They're great - haven't had a puncture with them. touch wood

Thanks everyone- am going to the bike shop tomorrow with my bile and discuss options